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Arthur (Plantagenet), Duke of Brittany, Earl of Richmond

Male 1187 - 1203  (16 years)


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  1. 1.  Arthur (Plantagenet), Duke of Brittany, Earl of Richmond was born on 29 March 1187 (son of Geoffrey (Plantagenet), Duke of Brittany and Constance (de Bretagne), Duchess of Brittany); died on 3 April 1203.

    Other Events:

    • Hereditary Title: Duke of Brittany
    • Hereditary Title: Earl of Richmond

    Notes:

    On the death in 1199 of his uncle, Richard I, the right to the Crown of England devolved upon Arthur, who in consequence was murdered by his uncle John in 1203.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Geoffrey (Plantagenet), Duke of Brittany was born on 23 Sept. 1158 (son of Henry II (Plantagenet), King of England and Eleanor (d'Aquitaine), of Aquitaine); died on 19 Aug. 1186.

    Geoffrey married Constance (de Bretagne), Duchess of Brittany in July 1181. Constance (daughter of Conan IV (de Bretagne), Duke of Brittany, Earl of Richmond) died on 31 Aug. 1201. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Constance (de Bretagne), Duchess of Brittany (daughter of Conan IV (de Bretagne), Duke of Brittany, Earl of Richmond); died on 31 Aug. 1201.

    Other Events:

    • Hereditary Title: Duchess of Brittany

    Children:
    1. 1. Arthur (Plantagenet), Duke of Brittany, Earl of Richmond was born on 29 March 1187; died on 3 April 1203.
    2. Eleanor (Plantagenet), of Brittany was born in 1184; died on 10 Aug. 1241.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Henry II (Plantagenet), King of EnglandHenry II (Plantagenet), King of England was born in 1133 in Le Mans, Maine, France; died on 6 July 1189 in Chinon, Anjou, France.

    Other Events:

    • Regnal Name: Henry II
    • Hereditary Title: 1150; Duke of Normandy
    • Hereditary Title: 1152; jure uxoris Duke of Aquitaine
    • Hereditary Title: Between 25 Oct. 1154 and 6 July 1189; King of England
    • Coronation: 19 Dec. 1154
    • Hereditary Title: 1157; Count of Anjou
    • Hereditary Title: 1157; Count of Maine

    Henry married Eleanor (d'Aquitaine), of Aquitaine in 1152 in Bordeaux, France. Eleanor was born in 1122; died on 26 Jan. 1204 in Fontevrault, Anjou, France; was buried in Fontevrault, Anjou, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Eleanor (d'Aquitaine), of Aquitaine was born in 1122; died on 26 Jan. 1204 in Fontevrault, Anjou, France; was buried in Fontevrault, Anjou, France.
    Children:
    1. William (Plantagenet) was born in 1152; died in 1156.
    2. Henry (Plantagenet), The Young King, Duke of Normandy, Count of Anjou was born on 28 Feb. 1155; died on 11 June 1183.
    3. Maud (Plantagenet) was born in 1156; died on 8 June 1189.
    4. Richard I (Plantagenet), the Lionheart, King of England was born on 8 Sept. 1157 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; died on 6 April 1199 in Châlus, Aquitaine, France; was buried in Fontevrault, Anjou, France.
    5. 2. Geoffrey (Plantagenet), Duke of Brittany was born on 23 Sept. 1158; died on 19 Aug. 1186.
    6. Eleanor (Plantagenet) was born on 13 Oct. 1162; died on 31 Oct. 1214.
    7. Joan (Plantagenet) was born in Oct. 1165; died on 4 Sept. 1199.
    8. John (Plantagenet), King of England was born on 24 Dec. 1166 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; died on 19 Oct. 1216 in Newark Castle, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England; was buried in Worcester Cathedral, Worcester, Worcestershire, England.

  3. 6.  Conan IV (de Bretagne), Duke of Brittany, Earl of Richmond

    Other Events:

    • Hereditary Title: Duke of Brittany
    • Hereditary Title: Earl of Richmond

    Children:
    1. 3. Constance (de Bretagne), Duchess of Brittany died on 31 Aug. 1201.


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